White Oak Creek at Mouth near Green Level, NC Flow & Water Level

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 0209782609 sits on White Oak Creek and reads everything draining 12 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 236 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2000, 26 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Jordan Lake, White Oak Creek Arm below Sr1008 at Bells, NC at 27 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 45% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Haw River near Moncure, NC and Cape Fear River at Lillington, NC.

Normal flows here

White Oak Creek runs a median of 2.5 cfs at this gauge across 26 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 8.3 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,240 cfs in 2006, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2000 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

White Oak Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.1 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GLVN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.